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Sequential linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates with G2576T mutation.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Oct 2007
Hong Tao, Li Xiangyang, Wang Jie, Sloan Cynthia, Cicogna Cristina
Abstract excerpt
We report on an analysis of sequential isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis from cultures of blood obtained from a patient with acute myeloid leukemia while the patient was receiving linezolid treatment. All 12 isolates had a linezolid MIC of 32 microg/ml. A 420-bp domain V region of the 23S rRNA gene from all isolates was amplified, and their nucleotide sequences were determined. A G2576T mutation was...
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